More than 40 calls were made in just 90 minutes to the fire brigade due to flooding around the Scottish city.

The authorities can be seen in pictures posted on Twitter clearing up the water at Aberdeen's airport.

Fire crews were faced with heavy flooding in the basement at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

And today the peaks of the Scottish Highlands were expected to be hit by snows, according to weather reports.

FLOATING: Cars can be seen almost submerged in the street [HEMEDIA/ SWNS]

DELUGE: The streets of Aberdeen take a battering from the rain [TWITTER/ @JOHAWK04]

They were involved in pumping out and diverting water using a variety of pumps.

Aberdeen FC had shut its club shop and ticket office.

A person had to be rescued from their car in Holburn Street after becoming trapped due to flood water.

Fire station manager Charlie Watt said: "We have our incident command room set up at Mounthooly and we are liaising closely with our partner agencies to help as many of the people affected as possible."

Parts of Britain enjoyed sweltering temperatures of 36C last week – and forecasters believe a second heatwave will come towards the end of July.